Gordy rounds up the crew for “one last Mango trip” with a few regulars, some new faces, and the return of Gidget!

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Conditions/Forecast

A tricky west sloppy swell to start the trip was quickly ironed out by a nice medium south ground swell that came with beautiful offshore winds lighting up some of Telo’s favorites. “The Land of Rights” lived up to its name as rights is what was on offer 90% of the time.

STANDOUT SESSIONS

Another trip where everyone’s opinion would be different on this topic. One afternoon we jumped in Foxy and headed to a fast long shallow righthander which turned into a memorable & magic Sumatran afternoon of surfing, or down south on the way home with some boys commenting “this session has made my trip”.

31 years young

Big Wayne speed lining

Birthday shenanigans

Blacky on the wrap

Do you think Matty had a good time___

Fly high Matty

Gordy off the bottom

Grommie ripping in

Insider

Last run

Late arvo perfection

Mick off the top

Wave of the trip

Pretty hard to forget Blacky’s wipeout. It may not have been the best wave of the trip, but it was the most talked about and had everyone laughing. “I knew everyone was watching so I had to go regardless”

You can't say NO when the peanut gallery is watching.jpgNO when the peanut gallery is watching

Blacky!!!

Blacky down

Personalities

Whenever Gordy jumps onboard with the crew you know you’re in for a laugh. From all the one-liners to the stories that have accumulated since their last Mango trip.

Afternoons on the back deck had everyone in stitches and the more beer and liquor that got drunk the harder we would laugh.

Arvo session

Bezi for president

Bintang time

Hands up if you had a good surf

Morning sess

Night anchor

Waiting for the tide

Welcome back Gidget

Food

Chef Situ has been getting into his pizzas lately and when a guest requested “can we use the left-over lamb for pizzas?” Situ accepted the challenge, and the new lamb pizza was born.

Dough for days.

Situ's new lamb pizza

Fish on

Not much on the fishing scene this trip but Bezi managed to bag out on a squid campaign one morning off the back of the boat. 10kgs of squid makes one happy crew.

Bezi the squid slayer

Cumi Cumi

It was epic to see the return of the one and only Gidget. After a few years absent, The Gidg came back fired up and just stoked to be back on the boat, catching up with the crew, and a few beers with good mates.

“The surfing is just a bonus this trip”

Well, looks like it was a pretty good bonus this one!

Special Thanks

Gordy for getting the trip organized. He claims that it was the last one, as he claims every year, although the plans for the next one have already been put in place.

See ya next year fellas, for “one last trip on The Mighty Mango” …. again.

Yours truly, Uncle Lip.